There have been many debates on just who killed WCW, but one of the company’s former top executives, and someone often blamed for its demise, has outlined just when WCW died for him. Eric Bischoff talked about the moment that he moved on from WCW on an episode of his “83 Weeks” podcast, when asked about the infamous moment on “WCW Monday Nitro” when Shane McMahon revealed it was him who bought the company.

“For me, personally, when I got the phone call from Brian Bedol, ‘The deal’s dead,’ I was on a beach in Hawaii with my kids,” Bischoff explained. “That’s when it died to me. That was the last ‘Nitro…’ My relationship with WCW died when I hung up that phone call. So, for me, not being a part of the last event, to me, it was no big deal. It was anticlimactic. It had already been determined. The fight was over. I was already moving on by the time this show aired, in my mind, as the best I could. Makes it sound like I didn’t care, that’s not the case, but psychologically, I guess, I had already moved on.”

As WCW struggled toward its final days, Bischoff raised $67 million with Fusient Media Ventures to purchase the company. But in 2001, AOL Time Warner canceled WCW’s TV programming. With no network to host “Nitro,” the value of the promotion drastically fell, and Bischoff’s financial buyers pulled out of the deal. Vince McMahon, of the then-WWF, swept in and purchased the company for a much lower price, and his son, Shane “bought” the company in storyline.

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Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson claimed that Dana White changed the terms of his contract after he was paid $7 million for his victory over Chuck Liddell in 2007. 

Jackson knocked out Liddell to capture the Light Heavyweight title on the night, having joined the UFC after it acquired WFA and the contract that promotion held with the fighter. His title win came in only his second fight in UFC, having avenged a previous PRIDE defeat against Marvin Eastman in his debut three months earlier. 

But during a stream with Adin Ross, Jackson said that his payday for the Liddell fight raised eyebrows with higher-ups, after Ross contested his claim that White doesn’t like to pay fighters what they are worth. 

“Dana don’t like to pay people what they’re worth,” Jackson said. That prompted Ross to question him over the $7 million he was supposed to have been paid for the fight. 

“When they found out I made that type of money, I’mma say it, I’mma say it, they changed my contract without me knowing,” he explained. “No more after that.”

When asked why he was allowed to make that much to begin with, Jackson pointed to the acquisition of WFA: “They bought my contract from another organization, they weren’t paying attention.”

Rampage Jackson REVEALS when the UFC & Dana White found out he made $7,000,000 from his fight vs Chuck Liddell, they CHANGED his contract without him KNOWING 😳

“Dana doesn’t like to PAY people what they’re WORTH.” pic.twitter.com/F1Usb8le0S

— AdinUpdate (@AdinUpdate) March 31, 2026

Jackson left UFC on a three-fight losing skid in 2013, beginning with a Light Heavyweight title challenge against Jon Jones in 2011, and went on to fight with Bellator while also pursuing a foray into professional wrestling with TNA. He returned to UFC for one fight during a contract dispute with Bellator in 2015, but returned to Bellator once that issue had been resolved the next year to round out his career with the now-defunct promotion in 2019. 

While they currently reside on different WWE brands, the bond between Tony D’Angelo and Bron Breakker has maintained its strength. Speaking on “TMZ’s Inside The Ring,” D’Angelo opened up about his friendship with The Vision member, which extends back to mutual time spent in the WWE Performance Center and “WWE NXT.”

“He’s doing good. He’s Bron, he’s a machine, so when he’s ready I’m sure he’s going to jump right back into it and split people in half just like he does,” D’Angelo said, referring to Breakker’s recovery from a recent hernia surgery.

“But as far as our friendship and everything, it’s funny. We kind of clicked from day one. We have a lot of similar interests. We had a pretty similar upbringing, so it was pretty easy. I felt like I knew the guy my entire life as soon as I met him. That’s also another guy that’s in my corner who feeds me positive energy and points me in the right direction. He’s a great dude, great friend. I can’t say enough good things about him. He’s killing it in his own right, so he’ll be alright.”

In February 2021, WWE announced both D’Angelo and Breakker as recruits of the then-latest WWE PC class. D’Angelo arrived to WWE with a background as an amateur wrestler. Meanwhile, Breakker is the son of WWE Hall of Famer Rick Steiner and nephew of Scott Steiner.

Most recently, D’Angelo challenged for the NXT Championship at “NXT” Stand & Deliver. Breakker remains absent from WWE programming, though reportedly cleared to compete again, after undergoing surgery in early February. Since April 2025, Breakker has served as a member of The Vision alongside Paul Heyman on “WWE Raw,” with Bronson Reed, Austin Theory, and Logan Paul later joining them in the stable.

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